Manon Moerman (°1990) has studied both history (Ma, 2013) and Law (Ma, 2017) at the University of Ghent, Belgium. Since the first of september 2017 she is working as a PhD candidate at the department of 'Foundations and Methods of Law' on the VIDI-project: "What's in a name? Challenging Early Modern Ideal-Types of private partnerships in the Low Countries (17th-18th centuries)".

Manon will examine the legal characteristics and organizational features of private partnerships in Amsterdam during the 17th and 18th centuries.

More information on the project: http://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/about-um/faculties/law/departments/foundations-and-methods-law/private-partnerships